In an earlier blog post I looked at some of the tax reforms that could help reposition the UK as … Continue reading “Post-Brexit – a tax policy for a globalised economy”

Shortly before being sacked, George Osborne announced a plan to reduce the UK’s corporation tax rate to less than 15%, … Continue reading “Objectives for a post-Brexit tax policy”

The statement was, at best, ambiguous. Its political consequences more profound. George Osborne said he will not hit his target … Continue reading “Our new Prime Minister must resist the temptation of Keynesianism and maintain fiscal sanity”

The opinion polls were wrong again; Brexit has won (and as a Lancastrian I was delighted to see the North … Continue reading “Tax policy after Brexit”

Oxfam has organised a letter, signed by over 300 economists, calling for a crack-down on tax avoidance. But what of … Continue reading “Oxfam on tax avoidance: do as I say, not as I do?”

In an Oxfam-coordinated letter, 355 economists claim that tax havens “serve no useful economic purpose” and do “not add to … Continue reading “Three cheers for tax havens”

Yesterday, 355 economists signed a letter co-ordinated by Oxfam arguing that tax havens have “no useful purpose”. There are some … Continue reading “In defence of tax havens”

The Prime Minister’s decision to open his tax returns to public scrutiny, while understandable, sets a precedent we may come … Continue reading “Opening up tax returns to public scrutiny: business, liberty and civility will suffer”

“A lie repeated often enough becomes the truth.” This quotation has been attributed to a whole range of undesirable people, … Continue reading “Almost everything the Left tells you about inequality is wrong”